gramp
(græmp)
[Abbrev. of grandpapa.]
A colloq. or dial. substitute for grandfather.
| 1898 in Eng. Dial. Dict. 1912 A. M. N. Lyons Clara xxvii. 297 ‘You see,’ explained the maiden, ‘we be going to Gramp's.’ 1959 E. Pound Thrones xcvi. 4 And a wolf acting as guide Till it thought gramp looked too hungry. 1966 ‘L. Lane’ ABZ of Scouse II. 25 That ther kid's ther dead spit of 'is gramp. |